Honesty… that may be the most difficult bit of running a creative business.  Consider for a moment that you’ve done all the things we’ve talked about.  You’ve set up your art business seriously, you’ve created strong goals and objectives, you’ve committed to your vision and mission, you’ve faced the fear of failure, and live and breathe your small business every day.  You have faced your secret fears, anxieties, and you can see yourself and your business as clearly as possible.  What happens if you don’t like what you see?  

One of the problems about having a business that is so completely tied to our own lives as creatives is that, at the end of the day, this is still a business.  There are rules and regulations that must be followed, and you must generate a profit to stay afloat.  It is truly important for you to be self reflective, and be your best cheerleader, but it is also inevitable that running any business is going to have drawbacks, setbacks.  We have to be able to look at ourselves and our businesses honestly, and be realistic about what we see.  
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As part of our own plan to get out into the online world with our art, we’ve started a weekly live Zoom meeting where Bogdan and I present and discuss some of our art.  It’s a half-hour show, every Thursday morning at 11am Central Time.  We’d love to have you join us, though we’ll record the sessions if you can’t make it at that time.  Send me your email address, and we’ll include you on the invitation list.  Or you can always go to my website and sign up for my newsletter.  I’ll add you to both lists if you do. 
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John Bishop Fine Art's "Conversations for Freelance Creatives" is a weekly blog/vlog/podcast that creates a community, a conversation, between creatives in all sorts of fields at all sorts of levels.  We want to discuss what we’re learning, what we’ve experienced, and whom we’ve met in our journey of running a freelance creative business. John Bishop is a visual artist living in Houston, Texas. His work is largely abstract, and explores how to turn mythic, archetypal symbols into individual experiences allowing us to see them in a new way, with fresh eyes. His work can be seen online, or at his studio at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street, Studio 108, in Houston.

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Buburuza Productions: http://www.Buburuzaproductions.com

Bogdan Mihai: http://www.bogdanfotoart.com